tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82765314451407412332016-06-01T10:05:16.653-07:00TV AnopstallCoot Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16874179179076553182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276531445140741233.post-38480321574113412902015-09-09T06:58:00.000-07:002015-09-09T06:58:04.315-07:00Akshay Kumar's birthday present to fans, melody 'Silver screen Dekhe Mamma' from 'Singh is Bliing'<img alt="Amy Jackson, Akshay Kumar, Singh is Bliing" class="size-full wp-image-2490695" src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2015/09/akshaykumar-amyjackson-759.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; width: 100%;" /><br /><br /><br />As a birthday present to his film's lead legend, Akshay Kumar, executive Prabhudheva has discharged an infectious track from their up and coming film, 'Singh is Bliing'. Titled 'Silver screen Dekhe Mamma', the feature highlights Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson flaunting their move moves to the enthusiastic track.<br />See more at: http://indianexpress.com/Coot Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16874179179076553182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276531445140741233.post-6757681916567293162015-09-06T12:24:00.002-07:002015-09-06T12:24:39.575-07:00X Factor launch in ratings Slump<span class="image-and-copyright-container"></span><br /><span class="image-and-copyright-container"></span><br /><span class="image-and-copyright-container"></span><br /><span class="image-and-copyright-container"><img alt="X Factor launch in ratings slump" class="js-image-replace" src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/0B0B/production/_85272820_pdnhjtcn.jpg" title="X Factor launch in ratings slump" />&nbsp;</span><br /><div class="story-body__introduction"><span class="image-and-copyright-container">&nbsp;</span>The number of viewers watching the opening episode of this year's X Factor series has fallen by well over one million, in comparison to last year.</div>Overnight viewing figures revealed an average of 7.6 million tuned in to watch the 12th series launch, with new judges Rita Ora and Nick Grimshaw.<br />The show dominated Saturday night TV, with nearly 40% of viewers tuning in.<br />An average of 8.9 million people watched the opening episode on the same weekend last year.<br />Last year, the talent show faced competition from BBC One's Doctor Who, with the newly arrived Peter Capaldi. <br />This year, it was scheduled opposite the National Lottery: Five Star Family Reunion and Casualty, which achieved audience figures of 2.7 million and 4.1 million respectively.<br /><br /><span class="image-and-copyright-container">Source:http://www.bbc.com </span><br />Coot Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16874179179076553182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276531445140741233.post-10479796187019198352015-09-06T12:18:00.001-07:002015-09-06T12:26:19.389-07:00TV show features creepy castle in Port Townsend<div class="article-dateline"><time class="line updated dt-published" datetime="2015-08-31 07:00:00"><br /></time> </div><div class="featured-media"><div class="image-gallery-wrapper image-gallery-38776"><div class="gallery align-none " id="image-gallery-38776"><div class="slideshow-main"><div class="slides-main slideshow" style="display: block; opacity: 1;"><br /><figure class="article-figure"></figure></div><div class="navigation-main"></div><span class="expand" href="http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/tv-show-features-creepy-castle-in-port-townsend/#"></span></div><div class="slideshow-thumb"><div class="slides-thumb slideshow owl-theme" style="display: block; opacity: 1;"><div class="owl-wrapper-outer"><div class="owl-wrapper" style="display: block; left: 0px; transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); transition: all 200ms ease 0s; width: 324px;"><div class="owl-item synced" style="width: 81px;"><div class="thumb"></div></div><div class="owl-item" style="width: 81px;"><div class="thumb"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="navigation-thumb"></div></div><div class="slideshow-meta"><div class="slide-caption article-figure-caption"><span class="slide-count"> <span class="slide-current">1</span> of <span class="slide-total">2</span> </span> <span class="caption">Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” will feature Manresa Castle in Port Townsend. (Travel Channel)</span> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="ad right ad-right-wrapper" id="ad-right-top"></div><div class="article-deck entry-summary p-summary">Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” team found plenty of unexplained phenomena at Manresa Castle, including a door that swings open, a chair that tips on its own and unexplained footsteps.</div><div class="article-deck entry-summary p-summary"><br /></div><div class="show-desktop section-sponsor-bar" id="ad-sponsor-bar"></div><div class="article-share vertical" data-utm="article_left"></div><div class="article-byline"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/b3b054f2-371d-11e5-9e38-ebc259a8e885-300x192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” will feature Manresa Castle in Port Townsend. (Travel Channel)" border="0" src="http://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/b3b054f2-371d-11e5-9e38-ebc259a8e885-300x192.jpg" height="255" width="400" /></a></div><div class="name vcard">By Rob Owen </div><div class="title vcard"><span class="p-author fn">Special to The Seattle Times</span></div></div><div class="main-story-content entry-content" id="article-content">For an episode of Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” filmed earlier this year at Port Townsend’s Manresa Castle, series host and investigation leader Zak Bagans had better luck than on a visit to the Pacific Northwest last year.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/b05f4664-371d-11e5-9e38-ebc259a8e885-300x192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Manresa Castle in Port Townsend. (Travel Channel)" border="0" src="http://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/b05f4664-371d-11e5-9e38-ebc259a8e885-300x192.jpg" height="256" width="400" /></a></div>“There was a couple in a suburb of Seattle claiming they had demons in their house, and we came away with zero evidence,” Bagans said, “which just goes to show that if we don’t find anything, we still present the episode.”<br />The “Ghost Adventures” team found plenty of unexplained phenomena at Manresa Castle, including a door that swings open, a chair that tips on its own and unexplained footsteps.<br /><br />“I love castles and I’m so intrigued by castles,” Bagans said. “I’ve spent time in castles in Scotland, Ireland and Romania, so when I find a castle in America that has hauntings attached to it, I’m all over it.”<br />“Ghost Adventures” recounts the early history of Manresa Castle, which was completed in 1892 as the home of Charles and Kate Eisenbeis. Charles was a businessman and the first mayor of Port Townsend. In later years, the building was used as a vacation spot for nuns teaching in Seattle schools and as a training college for Jesuits before becoming a hotel in the late 1960s. <br />Several online histories of Manresa suggest some of the castle’s legends were invented by a bartender at the hotel. The website for the Olympic Peninsula Paranormal Society couldn’t find historical evidence to support legends of a priest who committed suicide at Manresa and a woman who killed herself when her lover did not return.<br />Bagans said he was particularly interested in Manresa because of two elements he thinks may be linked.<br />“I was really intrigued by the mysterious child’s coffin and body found in the Eisenbeis crypt and trying to find out who is this little child,” Bagans said. “And there was a housekeeper violently attacked by what she calls a ghost and she was punched in the face … and she went home and photographed a very distinct bruise [that could have come from a child based on its size] on her leg. And there have been so many reports of a little child’s spirit that I think there’s a mystery there that needs to be solved and a possible link between the experiences in the castle and the child’s body in the Eisenbeis crypt.”<br />As for those who doubt the possibility of the paranormal, Bagans ignores the naysayers.<br />“We don’t do this to prove ourselves to other people,” he said. “We do this because we believe. We’re in season 11 [of the show] and if we got hung up trying to prove stuff to everybody, we wouldn’t be where we’re at today. … We focus on our massive fan base around the world. … You watch everything with an open mind and it’s up to you what you believe. We know it’s real, it’s true, and we do not fabricate anything.”<br />Bagans said Manresa Castle was completely unoccupied during his team’s investigation, which he said found a “very high level of hauntings” compared with some other locations.<br />“Port Townsend was just really a relief from other locations because it was in its own little world,” Bagans said. “The castle reminded me of being in Europe. It was just a truly mystical place and very, very cool. I loved it.”</div><div class="extended-byline"><div class="single-byline">Freelance writer Rob Owen: RobOwenTV@gmail.com or on Facebook and Twitter as RobOwenTV.</div><div class="single-byline">&nbsp;Source:http://www.seattletimes.com/</div></div>Coot Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16874179179076553182noreply@blogger.com0